martes, 6 de diciembre de 2016

MNI WICONI, homenaje a la lucha Lakota


MNI WICONI
La última batalla en la pradera...

Miles de activistas indígenas y religiosos de todo el continente, acampados en tierra sagrada Lakota ('Sioux'), han conseguido detener a la poderosa Serpiente Oscura de la industria Petrolera, que ya no atravesará el río Missouri con su criminal proyecto de oleoducto.

Ha sido una gran manifestación de lucha ecologista e indígena, pero esta movilización también ha sido todo un milagro desde el punto de vista religioso: una enorme explosión de activismo espiritual, impulsado tanto por los hombres y mujeres medicina tradicionales, como por miembros de todas las denominaciones cristianas de América.

La victoria de los defensores lakota del gran río es también un gran avance político, que repercutirá en la lucha de los pueblos originarios de los vecinos Canadá (los Inuit están luchando contra proyectos similares, más al norte) y México, en el esfuerzo de Wixárikas, Purépechas y muchos otros pueblos, así como del resto del continente... por salvar el Agua, la Tierra y la Vida, frente a la cultura de la muerte que es el sistema industrial occidental.

Para los cristianos ha sido una experiencia muy importante por otro motivo: en esta ocasión han tenido la oportunidad de enmendar siglos de ignominia colonialista y de reconciliarse con sus hermanos aborígenes americanos, abrazando su lucha, y el característico concepto indígena del carácter sagrado de la naturaleza, aprendiendo esa gran lección de los antiguos guerreros de la pradera para el mundo de hoy. Buena muestra de esa nueva conciencia es el artículo que reproducimos a continuación, de una escritora y predicadora cristiana norteamericana:



At Standing Rock, God heard our cries for justice
By Shane Claiborne

Religion News Service, RNS: On the second Sunday of Advent, I was part of a historic celebration of the power of nonviolent resistance. Here at Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, thousands of voices cried out in America’s wilderness.

Sunday (Dec. 4) was a beautiful reminder in the long struggle for justice that no matter how long we wait, God hears our cry. And love and justice will win.

A few weeks ago, Chief Arvol Looking Horse issued an invitation to clergy and faith leaders to stand in solidarity with the people of Standing Rock. He said he was hoping maybe 100 would respond. But I joined thousands in a procession of faith leaders to gather around the sacred fire at the Oceti Sakowin Camp at Standing Rock.

I knew something special was happening here.

As the entire camp held hands in prayer, we learned that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had refused to grant an easement to complete the Dakota Access pipeline, a $3.8 billion project that stretches across four states.

From the beginning, the pipeline has been resisted as a “black snake” that threatens the sacred waters of the Sioux people. And in recent months, pipeline construction destroyed holy sites.

But Native American tribes from some 200 nations came together here to protect their water and resist the Dakota Access Pipeline. On Sunday, they won.


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The water protectors here have been attacked by dogs, tear-gassed, hit with rubber bullets, and hosed down with water in below-freezing temperatures. The police have been brutal on the vigilant, nonviolent people protecting their sacred land and water. But they have shown us how people of faith can stand up to broken promises and corporate greed in the strength of nonviolent resistance.

It’s great to see how the resistance here was started by young people. Like the students who started the sit-in movement in 1960, 200 Native American young people rode here on horseback in the spring and established a base for resistance. They had the vision and the zeal, but elders and holy men like Chief Looking Horse embraced them and invited official leadership in Indian Country to support their resistance.

It’s a beautiful example that’s echoed when civil rights veterans stand with Black Lives Matter activists and clergy go to jail with fast food workers in the Fight for 15.

Our nonviolent struggle is a journey that spans generations.

El gran Pow Wow de los activistas celebra la milagrosa decisión presidencial.

It’s also deeply rooted in prayer. My brother Richard Twiss helped me and many Red Letter Christians overcome the colonial misconception that Jesus is at odds with Native American spirituality. Standing Rock has become an important center for spiritual formation this year, inviting people who want to connect their faith with action to see that we are more than “protesters.” We are “water protectors,” called by our Creator to watch over and care for all the good gifts of creation.

Whatever their religious traditions, the people who stood united in prayer as the news of victory came in Sunday witnessed the power of God. We got to stand together and experience the glory of a justice party.

In the Advent readings for Sunday, John the Baptist points us to a voice crying out in the wilderness, “Prepare the way of the Lord.” This snow-covered prairie feels like an unlikely place for a party.



But John knew that what Isaiah had promised is true: “Every valley shall be lifted up, every mountain and hill made low … and the glory of the Lord will be revealed and all people will see it together.”

It’s an honor to be here with the people of Standing Rock. And it’s inspiring to see how they’re showing the world what the revolutionary love of Jesus looks like in 21st-century America.

Shane Claiborne is founder of The Simple Way and author of many best-selling books including, “Executing Grace: How the Death Penalty Killed Jesus and Why It’s Killing Us“

En esta liga pueden descargarse un brillante número especial de la revista INDIAN COUNTRY totalmente dedicado a esta gran lucha, con la voz de los activistas de los pueblos originarios:
http://ictmn.lughstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/DAPL-Magazine-2016_PREVIEW_r1.pdf